- Gee Bee Air Rally
Infobox VG
title = Gee Bee Air Rally
developer =
publisher =Activision
distributor =
designer = Rob Swigart
engine =
version =
released = 1987
genre = Racing
modes =
ratings =
platforms = C64,Amiga ,ZX Spectrum
media = 5.25" floppy
requirements =
input = JoystickGee Bee Air Rally was released in 1987 by
Activision as ancomputer game (not to be at all confused or associated with seminaldisco band theBee Gees ). The game was made forAmiga ,Commodore 64 andZX Spectrum It is aflight simulator set in the twenties and early thirties in which the player is the pilot of a small airplane. The player's goal is to increase the score by flying the airplane through several races and special events.This game is
single-player only and has threedifficulty level s, which the player must choose between before beginning play. The player's airplane is always yellow, and the races follow a pattern of three main events and one special event, which alternates between popping 30 balloons and flying to the right of red s and to the left of blue ones.One main obstacle is avoiding collision with other aircraft. After two collisions, the plane will falter and the player's pilot is parachuted out. The player hears the sound of a
parachute opening and sees an animation sequence of the pilot drifting to the ground. This is followed by one of several amusing pictures depicting the pilot in various landing places, such as a pigpen, a parcheddesert , a tree, or a barnyard of chickens, for example.Following successful completion of the special event, a picture of the pilot at an awards ceremony is shown, accompanied by period music. A photographer may be seen photographing the pilot.
External links
* [http://www.angusm.demon.co.uk/AGDB/DBA1/GBAR.html/ Amiga Games Database review]
*moby game|id=/gee-bee-air-rally|name="Gee Bee Air Rally"
*WoS game|id=0002000
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.